Brian C. Housand, PhD Keynote Presentation Maryland Gifted Education Conference October 21, 2011 brianhousand.com

1. Gifted Education In the 21st Century
a new
HOPE
Brian Housand, PhD
brianhousand.com
bit.ly/megs1000

2. brianhousand.com

3. Geek Gifted
Educator Researcher

5. 21st
Century
Creativity A NEW
Skills TODAY HOPE

6. 1977

8. starwarsuncut.com

11. A long time ago in a school far,
far away...

13. Benjamin
Bloom
1913 - 1999

14. E. Paul
Torrance
1915 - 2003

15. Julian
Stanley
1918 - 2005

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24. p21.org

25. 4,310

26. www.p21.org
Learning and Innovation Skills
Creativity and Innovation
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Communication and Collaboration

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28. Creativity &
Innovation
1. Apply existing knowledge to generate new
ideas, products, or processes.
2. Create original works as a means of
personal or group expression.
3. Use models and simulations to explore
complex systems and issues.
4. Identify trends and forecast possibilities.

30. PK - 2
Identify, research, and
collect data on an
environmental issue using
digital resources and
propose a solution.

31. 3-5
Produce a media-rich
digital story about a
significant local event
based on first-person
interviews.

32. 6-8
Create original animations
or videos documenting
school, community, or
local events.

33. 9 - 12
Design, develop, and test
a digital learning game to
demonstrate knowledge
and skills related to
curriculum content.

34. 10,000

35. stemchallenge.org

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38. If your students can
the answer, then you
may be asking the
wrong question.

39. “Intelligence in the
age of the Internet
Where you're as
smart as how quickly
you can use your
smart phone.”

40. Knowledge)alone)is)NOT)enough.)

42. The
whole
process
of
educa0on
should
thus
be
conceived
as
the
process
of
learning
to
think
through
the
solu0on
of
real
problems.
-­‐-­‐
John
Dewey,
1938

44. “We don’t
have the option
of turning away
from the future.
No one gets to
vote on whether
technology is
going to change
our lives.”
Bill Gates
The Road Ahead

46. Don’t teach
the tool.
Teach the
thinking.

48. http://bit.ly/megs-ibm

49. http://bit.ly/megs-ibm

50. Embrace Ambiguity
Take Risks That Disrupt Legacy Business
Leapfrog Beyond “Tried-and-True”
Management Styles
http://bit.ly/megs-ibm

52. k12.wiki.nmc.org

53. Cloud Computing
Mobiles
One Year Or Less

54. “Every generation of
teenagers embraces
the freedoms and
possibilities wrought
by technology in ways
that shock the elders.”
Time
March
27,
2006

55. DID

57. www.google.com/
mobile/goggles/

58. Game Based Learning
Open Content
Two to Three Years

59. Learning Analytics
Personal Learning
Environments
Four to Five Years

60. bit.ly/renzulliempire

61. Keep
technology in
the hands of
students

63. Why
Do
We
Ask
Kids
To
UNPLUG
At
School?

64. 80%

66. Tear down
the wall

68. We welcome change
and openness;
for we believe that
freedom and security
go together,
that the advance of
human liberty can
only strengthen the
cause of world
peace.

70. RE:Search

72. “Every man
should have a
built-in
automatic
crap detector
operating
inside of him.”
-- Ernest Hemingway

73. NEW LITERACIES
newliteracies.uconn.edu/
IDENTIFY Important Questions
LOCATE Information
CRITICALLY EVALUATE
SYNTHESIZE Information
COMMUNICATE Answers

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76. RE:Connect

79. Real World Problems
Academic Rigor
Technology Integration

80. ecugifted.com

81. Re:Create

83. Pianos
NOT
Stereos (Resnick, 1996)

85. 20%

86. Computers
serve best
when they
allow
everything
to change.
(Papert, 1993)

91. tyvm
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